Chicago Outfit

Italian-American organized crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois
Organization consortium Q1071976
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Chicago Outfit

Summary

Chicago Outfit is a consortium[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of consortium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,739 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chicago Outfit is located in Chicago[3].
  • Chicago Outfit is in the country of United States[4].
  • Chicago Outfit's instance of is recorded as consortium[5].
  • Chicago Outfit's founder is recorded as James Colosimo[6].
  • Chicago Outfit's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 129233397[7].
  • Chicago Outfit's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2008035609[8].
  • Chicago Outfit's part of is recorded as American Mafia[9].
  • Chicago Outfit's industry is recorded as criminality[10].
  • Chicago Outfit's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04yhlv[11].
  • Chicago Outfit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chicago Outfit[12].
  • Chicago Outfit's FAST ID is recorded as 1732096[13].
  • Chicago Outfit's FactGrid item ID is recorded as Lamborghini Jarama[14].
  • Chicago Outfit's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007377061005171[15].
  • Chicago Outfit's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/b812ffa7-4bf4-4a81-889b-c5fd49cf9be3[16].
  • Chicago Outfit's organizational chart is recorded as 1963 Chicago Outfit chart.png[17].

Body

Founding

Chicago Outfit's founder is recorded as James Colosimo[6].

Identity

Chicago Outfit's part of is recorded as American Mafia[9].

Industry

Chicago Outfit's industry is recorded as criminality[10].

Why It Matters

Chicago Outfit ranks in the top 1% of consortium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,739 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . FactGrid. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Chicago Outfit. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/chicago-outfit
MLA “Chicago Outfit.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/chicago-outfit.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_chicago-outfit_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Chicago Outfit}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/chicago-outfit}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Chicago Outfit — https://4ort.xyz/entity/chicago-outfit (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/chicago-outfit · Last refreshed: